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(=mediar)el presidente intervino para que se pudiera llegar a un acuerdothe president mediated o interceded so that an agreement could be reachedintervino para que los sacaran de la cárcelhe used his influence to get them out of prisonlas circunstancias que intervinieron en mi dimisiónthe circumstances that influenced my resignationél no intervino en la decisiónhe did not have a hand in the decision

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(=controlar)to take over, take control ofla junta militar intervino todas las cadenas estatalesthe junta took over o took control of all the state-run channelsel gobierno intervino a los ferroviariosthe government took over o took control of the railworkers' union